Panel backs meter fee, tax hike to fund 911

11:41 PM,
May 14, 2013

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After six months of study, the majority of a nine-member Kenton County 911 Funding Review Panel has recommended that emergency dispatch for most of Kenton County be funded through a fee on electric meters and an increase in property tax rates.

The panel, which was headed by David Heidrich, general manager of Zalla Cos., recommended that 60 percent of the 911 funding for Kenton County's consolidated dispatch center come from a monthly fee of $3.75, or $45 a year, on 71,000 electric meters, to generate $3 million a year. The remaining 40 percent, $2 million annually, should come from Kenton ...